Table 3: Lab Report Components Lab Report Section Title Abstract Purpose A Short Statement Summarizing The Topic. A Brief Summary Of The Methods, Results, And Conclusions. It Should Not Exceed 200 Words And Should Be The Last Section Written Introduction An Overview Of Why The Experiment Was Conducted. It Should Include: Background - Provide An Overview Of

Lab Report Section Title Abstract Introduction Materials and Methods Results Purpose Table 3: Lab Report Components A short statement summarizing the topic. A brief summary of the methods, results, and conclusions. It should not exceed 200 words and should be the last section written. An overview of why the experiment was conducted. It should include: Background - Provide an overview of what is already known and what questions remained unresolved. Be sure the reader is given enough information to know why and how the experiment was performed. Objective Explain the purpose of the experiment (e.g. "I want to determine if taking baby aspirin every day prevents second heart attacks."). Hypothesis - This is your "guess" as to what will happen when you do the experiment. A detailed description of what was used to conduct the experiment, what was actually done (step-by-step), and how it was done. The description should be exact enough that someone reading the report can replicate the experiment. Data and observations obtained during the experiment. This section should be clear and